Suter Science Seminars

Friday, March 19, 2010, 4 p.m.

Science Center #104

Technical Challenges in Cyber Forensics

Florian Buchholz, Ph.D.

In this talk Dr. Buchholz will present the technical
challenges a computer forensics investigator may
face when processing a cyber crime case. He will
present problems and solutions from the areas
of evidenceacquisition, data reconstruction, and
information analysis, emphasizing from his research
areas of data carving and timestamp correlation.

About the Presenter

Dr. Florian Buchholz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer
Science at James Madison University. Born and raised in Germany, he received
his Mater’s Degree in Computer Science from theTechnische Universität
Carolo-Wilhemina zu Braunschweig. He acquired Master’s and Ph.D. degrees
in Computer Science from Purdue University, where he worked at the Center
for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS).
Dr. Buchholz has published numerous articles pertaining to Computer
Forensics and Information Security, has authored several open-source computer
forensics tools, and is part of the organizing committee for the Digital
Forensics Research Workshop (DFRWS) conference.